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Fact Based List:
Urban Areas With Highest Annual Public Health Costs Due to Trafffic Congestion
Submitted By Clive Riddle, Created 05/26/2011 - 09:31
- Los Angeles/Long Beach/Santa Ana, California ($3.3 billion in public health costs - 426 premature deaths)
- New York City/Newark, New Jersey ($2.6 billion - +337 premature deaths)
- Chicago/Northern Indiana ($2 billion costs - +251 premature deaths)
- San Francisco/Oakland, California ($1 billion - +124 premature deaths)
Source: Transportation Construction Coalition Press Release, May 26, 2011
Source URL: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-estimates-...
Notes: Study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) at the School of Public Health